From Ohm to Om — The ZenMastering Blog

Thoughts on the world of audio recording, mixing, and mastering.

2010 SDMA

I’m proud to announce 2 of our clients are nominated in the 2010 San Diego Music Awards: Best Alternative Band: New Mexico (formerly Apes of Wrath) Best Jazz Album: Steph Johnson, “Mysterious Feminine”

Paul’s Principles of Audio Production

Audio production is a combination of art and science. It’s helpful to be familiar with both subjects. Equipment is important, so buy the best you can afford. It doesn’t matter if you’ve bought the best gear in the world, if you don’t know how to leverage its capabilities you’re not going to get great results. [...]

Lessons From a Compilation

I just finished mastering a compilation disc for an artist who is putting together a fundraiser. It’s other people’s recordings of his songs done over the years. So I got to hear recording techniques and quality from a 10-year span. It was educational, to say the least. There were only 2 new songs that needed [...]

Piracy

I saw this video today. It’s good advice.

Great Story

If you’re a fan of the electric guitar, this story by Dweezil Zappa will make you smile.

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From Ohm to Om reflects the opinions of mastering engineer Paul Abbott, owner of San Diego's ZenMastering.

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